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en-usTue, 24 Feb 2015 16:15:54 GMTFocus Forum15The Eternal Love of The Fatherhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3260997/posts
THE Eternal Love of The Father Virtue upon virtue , line upon line of My Word is truly a River of Life as you walk in My Love and not your own for as your Father in Heaven I AM with you always even onto forever but it is My desire you carry My Heart and not your own for your love can be injured But My Love for you ,in you and through you is an unstoppable Truth that sheds off the lies of the enemy and before which all condemnation Must Fall! For My Love is Sovereign and...bible ,http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3260997/posts#commentTue, 24 Feb 2015 16:15:54 GMTMuslim Dutch Mayor to Muslims: Accept Western Values or Leavehttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3259709/posts
The Muslim mayor of Rotterdam, the Netherlands, said this week that Europe has no place for extremists who are not willing to live within the bounds of its norms. Speaking to CNN&#x92;s Michael Holmes on Wednesday, the mayor, Moroccan-born Ahmed Aboutaleb suggested that those Muslims who don&#x92;t embrace values should leave Europe. &#x93;You are not forced to be with us; it&#x92;s a choice,&#x94; he said. &#x93;Work with us together to construct a &#x91;we society.&#x92; But if you want to stand out of the &#x91;we community,&#x92; you threaten us, you go to Yemen to learn how to use a Kalashnikov and...INNhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3259709/posts#commentFri, 20 Feb 2015 21:52:00 GMTThe Global Private Social Security Revolutionhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3255472/posts
Last month, I posted &#x93;the cartoon argument&#x94; for Social Security reform. My main goal, as an American, is to achieve this important reform in the United States. And I&#x92;ve tried to bolster the argument by citing lots of hard data, including the fact that &#x93;funded&#x94; accounts already exist in nations such as Australia, Chile, Sweden, and the Netherlands. In this spirit, I wrote an article for the most recent issue of Cayman Financial Review, and I looked at the issue from a global perspective. I first explained thatdemographics are destiny.Townhall.comhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3255472/posts#commentSun, 8 Feb 2015 22:16:23 GMTTurkey indicts Dutch reporter over &#x27;terror propaganda&#x27;http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3253676/posts
A Dutch journalist based in southeastern Turkey has been officially indicted by Turkish prosecutors for spreading &#x22;terrorist propaganda&#x22; on social media. ... &#x22;The document refers to tweets and Facebook posts as well as her weekly column on Diken.com.tr, an independent Turkish news website,&#x22; she said. The Prosecutor&#x27;s office charges Geerdink with spreading propaganda for the outlawed armed Kurdistan Workers&#x27; Party (PKK) group that has been fighting against the Turkish state since mid-1980s. She is facing one to five years in prison. ...Al-Jazeerahttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3253676/posts#commentTue, 3 Feb 2015 21:15:27 GMT Police arrest teenage &#x27;hacker&#x27; gunman who stormed Dutch TV station (truncated)
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Cameras rolled as armed police stormed the studio to arrest the suspect Footage of the dramatic stand-off and arrest are then broadcast on TV Gunman had earlier entered the building claiming to be a secret agent Suspect believed to be 19-year-old chemistry student from Netherlands He is not believed to be linked to Islamic extremismdailymail.cohttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3252155/posts#commentFri, 30 Jan 2015 07:46:00 GMTGold Drain at the New York Fed: Where&#x27;s It Going?http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3234690/posts
Nick at Sharelynx Gold, also known as Gold Charts &#x22;R&#x22; Us emailed an interesting chart last week showing gold drain at the New York Fed. Earmarked gold dropped 42 tonnes for the month of October as foreign countries repatriate their gold home. Here&#x27;s a link to Earmarked Gold with a second chart that shows all Fed holdings. Gold Charts &#x22;R&#x22; Us has 1,000&#x27;s of pages and over 10,000 charts on a subscription basis, but you can check out the site for free until December 14. Click on the first link at the top for a look. Where&#x27;s the Gold Going?...Townhall.comhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3234690/posts#commentSun, 7 Dec 2014 16:10:04 GMTFury as Indonesia executes foreigners by firing squadhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3248022/posts
Jakarta (AFP) - Brazil and the Netherlands recalled their ambassadors from Indonesia and expressed fury on Sunday after Jakarta defied their pleas and executed two of their citizens along with four other drug offenders by firing squad.Yahoo-AFPhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3248022/posts#commentSun, 18 Jan 2015 09:57:47 GMTRotterdam mayor tells Muslims who don&#x27;t appreciate &#x27;freedoms&#x27; to &#x27;pack your bags and f*** off&#x27;http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3246400/posts
The Moroccan-born mayor of Rotterdam has said Muslim immigrants who do not appreciate the way of life in Western civilisations can &#x27;f*** off&#x27;. Ahmed Aboutaleb, who arrived in the Netherlands aged 15, spoke out in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo attack in Paris last week. Appearing on live television just hours after the shootings, Mayor Aboutaleb said Muslims who &#x27;do not like freedom can pack your bags and leave&#x27;. Labour politician Ahmed Aboutaleb, a former journalist who was appointed mayor of the Dutch city in 2008, is known for his straight-forward stance on integration. The 53-year-old won the praise...Daily Mailhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3246400/posts#commentTue, 13 Jan 2015 17:45:58 GMTMiep Gies, Protector of Anne Frank, Dies at 100http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3245763/posts
Miep Gies, the last survivor among Anne Frank&#x92;s protectors and the woman who preserved the diary that endures as a testament to the human spirit in the face of unfathomable evil, died Monday night, the Anne Frank Museum in Amsterdam said. She was 100. The BBC said Mrs. Gies suffered a fall late last month and died at a nursing home. &#x93;I am not a hero,&#x94; Mrs. Gies wrote in her memoir, &#x93;Anne Frank Remembered,&#x94; published in 1987. &#x93;I stand at the end of the long, long line of good Dutch people who did what I did and more &#x97;...NY Timeshttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3245763/posts#commentSun, 11 Jan 2015 20:07:41 GMTEuropean Far-Right Poised for BIG Gains in the Wake of Demented Jihadi Massacre in Parishttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3245075/posts
Now that another cell of Islamist kooks have shown themselves to be at war with the entire West (and Israel), it seems the PC tripe Europeans have been fed for decades (by the European political elite) ain&#x27;t cuttin it: a military-style assault with Kalishnikovs right in the heart of a major Western capitol makes clear to any thinking person that these maniacs would kill every last one of us, given the chance... Most obvious political beneficiary of any reality brought by yesterday&#x27;s gruesome slaughter would be the Front National, which recently won France&#x27;s election for&#xA0;the EU parliament (Euro-skeptic, anti-immigrant) and...Reaganite Republicanhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3245075/posts#commentFri, 9 Jan 2015 14:42:50 GMTDutch MP Geert Wilders on the Paris massacrehttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3244963/posts
Dutch politician and anti Islam activist speaks out about the Paris massacre. &#x22;Our freedom is under attack.&#x22; 2.30 minutesYoutubehttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3244963/posts#commentFri, 9 Jan 2015 03:36:48 GMTFrom Hand-drag to Jumbo: A Millennium of Dredginghttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1181760/posts
In the 7th century BC, the Assyrian king Sennacherib constructed an 80-kilometre-long, 20-metre-wide stone-lined canal to bring fresh water to his capital Nineveh. Compared to 20th century standards, one is surprised to learn that the project, which included a 330-metre-long aqueduct, was completed in only one year and three months time. IADC (International Association of Dredging Companies)http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1181760/posts#commentFri, 30 Jul 2004 15:27:24 GMTBernheze Roman Bronze Hoard from the Netherlandshttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1369464/posts
Until now no traces of a sanctuary or riverine context have been found, which might indicate a religious deposition for the wine-set. It is possible that the valuable bronzes were hidden underground during the period of the hostile Germanic incursions in the second half of the 3rd century AD.Minerva: the International Review of Ancient Art and Archaeologyhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1369464/posts#commentThu, 24 Mar 2005 07:56:02 GMTA zealot, a rebel, but no miracle-worker: film studios plot a secular take on life of Jesushttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3239246/posts
Leading film-makers are courting controversy with plans for adaptations of provocative books about Jesus Christ that are likely to generate a backlash from traditional Christians. British producer David Heyman is developing a film based on Reza Aslan&#x92;s bestselling book Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth, while Paul Verhoeven, the Dutch director, has been working on an adaptation of his own book, Jesus of Nazareth, for five years. Aslan, a member of the American Academy of Religion, made headlines last year when a Fox News interviewer challenged his credentials, as a Muslim, to write an account of Jesus&#x92;s...The Guardianhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3239246/posts#commentSat, 20 Dec 2014 16:57:11 GMTThe 35 Most Powerful Militaries In The World
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There&#x27;s only one real way to compare military strength, and thankfully the world hasn&#x27;t had many opportunities lately. Despite the potential powder keg in the South China Sea, standoffs in Ukraine, and proxy wars throughout the Middle East, inter-state warfare between the world&#x27;s military powers has been all but banished from the global scene (for the time being, at least). For a simpler evaluation of military power, we turned to the Global Firepower Index, a ranking of 106 nations based on more than 50 factors including overall military budget, available manpower, and the amount of equipment each country has in...Business Insiderhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3239188/posts#commentSat, 20 Dec 2014 12:04:53 GMTUnique 7th century silver bowl found in South Hollandhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3239168/posts
On an excavation site in Oegstgeest (South Holland), Leiden University archaeologists discovered a silver bowl dating to the first half of the seventh century. The bowl is decorated with gold-plated representations of animals and plants and inlaid with semi-precious stones. The discovery suggests the existence of an Oegstgeest elite with a wide international network. Researchers believe that the bowl, which is 21 centimetres wide and 11 centimetres high, was buried as part of a ritual sacrifice. Such gilded discoveries are extremely rare. This one is exceptional because such bowls were usually made of bronze and were not, as a rule,...Past Horizonshttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3239168/posts#commentSat, 20 Dec 2014 07:29:59 GMTEU Parliament Backtracks on Resolution to Recognize Palestinian State
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JNS.org - European Parliament members on Tuesday declined to propose an initially planned motion that would have urged the European Union&#x92;s (EU) 28 member nations to recognize a unilaterally established Palestinian state. Instead, the EU Parliament&#x92;s lawmakers proposed a resolution asking for the continuation of peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians. Negotiators for the European People&#x92;s Party and the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe, parties that together hold a majority of the EU Parliament seats, issued a resolution stating that the EU Parliament &#x93;supports in principle recognition of Palestinian statehood and the two-state solution, and believes these...Algemeinerhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3238083/posts#commentWed, 17 Dec 2014 13:05:19 GMTAyaan Hirsi Ali: Joe Biden Tried to Lecture Me on Islamhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3236200/posts
&#xA0; Human Rights activist Ayaan Hirsi Ali fled the Netherlands after years of threats from Muslim extremists. Hirsi Ali dared to speak out against radical Islam and the horrific treatment of women in the Muslim world. In 2006 Ayaan Hirsi Ali came to America.Ayaan Hirsi Ali by Malene LauritsenAyaan Hirsi Ali is the author of The Caged Virgin: Holland&#x92;s shameful treatment of Ayaan Hirsi Ali.Ayann Hirsi Ali told a reporter recently that Joe Biden tried to lecture her on Islam.The Truth Revolt reported: In a recent interview with the Washington Examiner, human rights activist Ayaan Hirsi Ali discussed the...The Gateway Pundithttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3236200/posts#commentThu, 11 Dec 2014 18:49:27 GMTA historic collection found in S. Phila. home (Band of Brothers)
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In a bedroom lay a white silk pillow - yellowed with age and emblazoned with the screaming eagle emblem of the Army&#x27;s 101st Airborne Division. On the walls were pictures and plaques telling the story of a World War II veteran; in another room was an adjustable hospital bed and, on a windowsill, a worn Bible. That October day, Jim Bennett was looking for an investment, a house to buy, rehab, then rent or resell, as he has done with about 500 others over more than 20 years. But Bennett found much more at the modest, two-story rowhouse on Winton...Philly.comhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3236923/posts#commentSat, 13 Dec 2014 22:26:42 GMTA WORD OF LOVE AND DIRECTIONhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3235334/posts
My children of light you have arrived for you abide in My presence in Zion yet many remain earthbound in distractions. Therefore throw off these hindrances &#x22;yeah&#x22; fast the earth for though I am coming I have already arrived in &#x22;you&#x22; My Zion on earth. You see as you strip your wellspring of earthly desires Heaven arises in you in all the fullness of The Godhead and it is then My will &#x22;is&#x22; done. Let there be freedom for My Spirit to &#x22;speak&#x22; to you of new things and allow Me to bless you through your obedience to My Voice...THE JOSHUA CHRONICLEShttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3235334/posts#commentTue, 9 Dec 2014 15:03:33 GMTGeert Wilders: &#x27;I have yet to meet the Dutchman who wants more Moroccans in the Netherlands...&#x27;http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3235781/posts
Under heavy pressure by the Dutch left, national government, and the North African immigrants themselves for a rallying cry where Wilders asked a campaign-stop crowd in The Hague if they wanted &#x27;more&#xA0;Moroccans&#xA0; or &#x27;less Morrocans&#x27; in Holland (followed by predictably raucous cheers for the latter), the Dutch politician is fighting back and -per usual- speaking his mind... With the new left-leaning government in charge, they now have the top public prosecutor &#xA0;attempting to build a case against Geert for &#x27;hate speech&#x27;, asking the the police to retain and question him, etc. But of course, as a man of deep...Reaganite Republicanhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3235781/posts#commentWed, 10 Dec 2014 18:02:52 GMTRNAF Intercepts Russian Planes Over Baltic Sea
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F-16&#x27;s from RNAF (Royal Netherlands Air Force) operating from Malbork airbase in Poland. Read more at http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=1b2_1418215345#Efxk1rGWZmuVFsAM.99Liveleak.com, Royal Netherlands Air Forcehttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3235759/posts#commentWed, 10 Dec 2014 17:04:40 GMTUN Peacekeeper in Liberia Tests Positive for Ebolahttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3234070/posts
A U.N. peacekeeper who contracted Ebola in Liberia will be flown to the Netherlands for treatment, a Dutch Health Ministry spokeswoman said Friday. The Nigerian soldier will go into isolation at a &#x22;calamity unit&#x22; at the University Medical Center Utrecht, according to Inge Freriksen. He is expected to arrive in Amsterdam over the weekend and be transferred by ambulance to nearby Utrecht. Late Thursday, the U.N. mission announced that the soldier had tested positive for the dreaded disease a day earlier. The Ebola outbreak has sickened nearly 17,300 people, mostly in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. Of those, about 6,100...ABC Newshttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3234070/posts#commentFri, 5 Dec 2014 14:54:13 GMTWill the US give the Dutch their gold back?http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3233073/posts
As the Dutch central bank looks to repatriate some of its gold reserves back from the New York Federal Reserve, Dennis Gartman, the editor and publisher of The Gartman Letter, has questioned what reputational damage this could cause for the U.S. The Dutch central bank last week confirmed that it was shipping gold from the U.S. to the Netherlands to &#x22;spread its gold stock in a more balanced way&#x22;, adding that it would have a &#x22;positive effect on public confidence&#x22;. It comes after the Germans made a similar move in 2013, indicating that it would transfer 300 tons from New...CNBChttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3233073/posts#commentTue, 2 Dec 2014 23:09:07 GMTReport: US 1 of only 7 countries that allow elective abortions after 20 weekshttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3213878/posts
Calling America&#x92;s abortion policies &#x93;ultra-permissive,&#x94; a new report out Tuesday concludes that the United States is one of just seven countries that allow elective abortions after 20 weeks.Out of the sample 198 countries, independent states and regions worldwide, 59 allow abortion without restrictions. Of those 59, 9 countries limit elective abortions to before the 12th week, 36 countries limit elective abortion at 12 weeks, six countries limit elective abortion to 20 weeks gestation, one country (Australia) allows its state/territories to decide abortion limits, and seven countries allow elective abortion past 20 weeks or have no limit.The remaining 139 countries have...Daily Callerhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3213878/posts#commentSat, 11 Oct 2014 03:53:10 GMT